| A Social History of Economic Decline: Business, Politics, and Work in Trenton None Edition Contributor(s): Cumbler, John T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 081351374X ISBN-13: 9780813513744 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Economy - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 330.974 |
| LCCN: 88-15809 |
| Series: Class & Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.02" W x 8.98" (1.11 lbs) 318 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nineteenth-century Trenton, New Jersey, was a booming commercial and manufacturing center for iron, rubber, steel cables, machine tools, and pottery. Trenton's golden age lasted until the 1920s, when many local industries were bought out by national companies. The story of the subsequent social, political, and economic decline of Trenton is also the story of twentieth-century urban America. John Cumbler analyzes the decline of Trenton in terms of the transition from civic capitalism to national capitalism. |